Bill or statement blank.



PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

APPLICATION FILED MAB,.14.1905.

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BILL 0R STATEMENT BLANK.

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LIlrNIllIi-I) STATES PATENT FFICE.

HIRAM J. HALLE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNOR To ELLIOTT-FISHER COMPANY,OE NEW YORK, N. Y., A OORPORArlON OE DELAWARE.

BILL OR STATEMENT BLANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application iiled March 14, 1905. Serial No. 250,069. ,A

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM J. HALLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Bill or Statement Blank, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bill or statement blanks of the kind used formanifolding.

One object of the invention is to provide the blank or sheet withweakening-lines dividing the same into separable leaves designed to befolded one upon another to permit the interposition of one or morecarbon-sheets or transfer elements, so that a record printed ortypewritten upon one or more of the leaves will be simultaneouslyreproduced upon one or another of the leaves.

Another object is to provide for the storage' of the record-leaveswithin a small compass and in readily accessible arrangement by soforming the blanks that binding-margins will be produced along the edgesof the recordleaves for the accommodation of tile -holes through whichthe binding members pass.

Another object is to utilize both sides of the record-leaves for thereproduction of the bills or statements, to provide for al number ofbills and records in a single blank by subdividing the original orprimary leaves or both the primary and record leaves into a number ofseparable sections, and to associate with each bill a separablebalance-strip designed to contain daily or other preliminary totals,constituting a record for the information of the credit, collection, orother department requiring such data.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated two kinds of blanks, theleaves of one being subdivided by weaken-ing-lines.

In said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the blank having theleaves thereof folded one upon another. Fig-2 is a transverse section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank unfolded. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a folded blank, the leaves of which are notsubdivided by weakening-lines; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blankshown in Fig'. 4 unfolded.

l indicates a bill or statement blank of oblong form provided withtransverse lines of perforations or weakening-lines 2 and 3, subdividingthe blank into three separable leaves, 4, 5, and 6. The leaves 4 and 6may be designated as original or primary leaves, for the reason thatthey are designed to be printed upon directly and to constitute thebills which when separated are forwarded to the customers. Prior to theprinting operation these primary leaves are folded in oppositedirections upon what may be termed the secondary or record leaf 5, uponwhich is designed to be reproduced the matter printed upon the originalor primary leaves, the record-leaf thus serving as an ofHce-record ofbills fowarded.

Ordinarily both sides of the record-leaf are utilized for the duplicaterecords, inasmuch as a bill is first made out on one primary sheet andtransferred by a carbon element or the like to the record-sheet, afterwhich the folded blank is reversed and a second bill printed upon theother primary sheet and transferred in like manner to the opposite sideof the record-sheet 5. It is possible, however, to obtain duplicatecopies of a bill by utilizing both the leaves 5 and 6 as record-leaves,which may be done by interposing a second carbon element between theleaves 5 and 6 during the printing of a bill upon the leaf 4.

As thus far described the blank has been considered as being composed ofseparable leaves each constituting a bill or record unit, as illustratedin Figs. 4 and 5; but it is contemplated to provide ina single blank aconsiderable number of bill and record sections. This is effected byproducing either or both longitudinal and transverse weakening-lines inthe blank to subdivide the leaves thereof into the desired number ofseparable sections. In Fig. 3, for instance, the blank is dividedlongitudinally by a line of perforations or weakening-line 7 and each ofthe leaves is in turn divided by a transverse or cross line 8, 9, or 10,defining four separable bill-sections in each of the primary leaves andfour separable record-sections in the record-leaf.

In addition to the subdivision Of the blank into separable primary andrecord leaves and the further subdivision of the primary leaves intoseparable bill or statement sections it is also contemplated to furthersubdivide the primary leaf or leaves to associate with each IOO therecord transferred to the record-leaf.'

This balance-strip is separable from the bill along the weakening-line12 and is utilized for the information of the credit, correspondence,collection, or other department.

We now come to consider a most important feature of the invention. Thenecessity for economizing space and for the orderly arrangement of theoflice-records requires that provision be made for properly binding therecord-leaves. I therefore form the recordleaf with file-holes 13adjacent to the opposite edges thereof, as shown in Fig. 5, a largernumber of holes being employed when the record-leaf is subdivided, asshown in Fig. 3, so that each of the individual record-sections will beprovided with file-holes to facilitate the binding thereof when theseveral sections are detached from each other. The primary leaves aresomewhat narrower than the recordleaf, so that when the leaves arefolded one upon another, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the file-holes willbe disposed in extended margins 14, disposed beyond the outer or freeedges of the primary leaves. These margins are designed to dispose theprinted matter at some distance from the bound edge of the record-leafand are also intended under some circumstances to contain certaindata-as, for instance, designations of the department and the salesmanconcerned in a given transaction, daily totals, or the like-which datais not desired to appear on the bill, but which may be printed directlyupon the record-leaf at the time the bill is made out.

In the first three figures of the drawings, to which this descriptionhas been especially directed, I have illustrated a blank embodying allof the several features characteristic of the invention-that is to say,the subdivision of the blank into separable sheets, the subdi- Vision ofVthe sheets into separable sections, the further subdivision of thebill-sections to produce separable balance-strips, the provision ofbinding-holes in the margins of the recordeleaf and the sectionsthereof, and the relative arrangement of the primary and record leaveswhich produces the extended margins of the latter.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a triple-leaf blank similar to the blank shownin the first three figures, but omitting the subdivision of the leavesinto sections.

It may be stated that the folded blanks comprehended by my invention arepossessed of special utility when employed in connection withflat-platen type-writing machines of the carbon-roll type. In suchmachines a carbon web is passed lengthwise over the platen and thefolded blank is slipped to place with the carbon web interposed betweenthe upper primary leaf and the subjacent record-leaf, the blank beingautomatically positioned in proper alinement by the engagement of itsfolded edge or bight with the adjacent edge of the carbon web or with athin work-holding member disposed longitudinally of the platen. Whenthus positioned, the type-writing machine is moved to a position overthe blank and the bill is printed upon the primary leaf andsimultaneously reproduced upon the subjacent record-leaf through themedium of the carbon web.

If it is desirable to utilize both sides of the record-leaf, the blankwill be withdrawn after the first bill has been made out and will berepositioned with the other primary leaf uppermost, the bill printedupon this second primary leaf being simultaneously transferred to thereverse side of the record-leaf in an obvious manner. If, however, it isdesired to secure duplicate record copies of a bill made out on thefirst primary leaf, this may be accomplished, as stated, by interposinga loose carbon-leaf between the leaves 5 and 6, or if a still greaternumber of` copies are requisite the blank may be formedv with a greaternumber of leaves, which when folded and provided with interposedtransfer elements will receive additional copies.

It is thought that from the foregoing the construction, mode ofmanipulation, and many advantages of my improved bill or statementblanks will be clearly apparent; but, while variously-arranged blankshave been illustrated in the accompanying drawings for the purpose ofthis disclosure I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself tothese embodiments of the invention, as, on the contrary, I reserve theright to effect any and all changes, modifications, and variations whichmay be properly embraced within the scope of the protection prayed.

What I claim is- 1. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leafhaving binding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produceopposite bindingmargins,and narrower primary leaves folded in oppositedirections upon the recordleaf from the outer edges of thebinding-margins thereof.

2. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,and weakening-lines dividing one of the leaves into separable sections.

3. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,and weakening-lines dividing certain of said leaves into separablesections.

4. 'A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending IOO IOS

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along its opposite edges to produce opposite binding-margins, narrowerprimary leaves folded in opposite directions upon the recordleaf fromthe outer edges of the binding-margins thereof, and weakening-linesdividing each of the several leaves into separable sections.

5. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record -leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebindingmargins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,and a weakening-line extending across one of the primary leaves toproduce a comparatively narrow balance-strip extending transversely ofthe blank.

6. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebindingmargins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,weakening-lines extending along the lines of the folds, and otherweakeninglines formed in the primary leaves parallel with the folds andadjacent thereto to define comparatively narrow balance-strips disposedtransversely of the blank and separable from both the primary leaves andthe record-leaf alongthe weakening-lines.

7. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,weakening-lines extending along the folds to facilitate the separationof the leaves, and other weakening-lines extending transversely acrossthe blank and dividing each leaf into separable sections.

8. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along' its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,weakening-lines extending along each of the folds to facilitate theseparation of the leaves, and a weakening-line extending longitudinallyof the blank and dividing each of the several leaves into separablesectionsa 9. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending along its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the record- Y leaf from the outer edges of the binding-marginsthereof, a weakening-line extending longitudinally of the blank toseparate each leaf into separable sections, and other weakeninglinesextending across the primary leaves parallel with and adjacent to thefolds to produce a comparatively narrow separable balancestrip at theinner edge of each section of the respective primary leaves.

10. A bill or statement blank, comprising a record-leaf havingbinding-holes extending' along its opposite edges to produce oppositebinding-margins, narrower primary leaves folded in opposite directionsupon the recordleaf from the outer edges of the binding-margins thereof,weakening-lines extending along the folds to facilitate the separationof the leaves, another weakening-line extending longitudinally of theblank to separate each leaf into separable sections, otherweakening-lines extending transversely across the blank to subdivideeach section of each leaf into subsections,other weakening-linesextending parallel with and adjacent to those weakeninglines whichdivide the sections of the primary leaves into subsections, to providethe outer subsections of said primary leaves with comparatively narrowbalance-strips extending along the inner edges of said outersubsections, and other weakening-lines extending across the blankparallel with and adjacent to the folds to provide comparatively narrowbalance-strips extending along the inner edges of the inner subsectionsof the primary leaves.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM J. HALLE.

Witnesses THOMAS WYLIE, JAMES A. GURNEE.

